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BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Software maker NetSuite Inc (N.N) launched a marketing campaign on Wednesday to win customers away from rival Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N), offering them 50 percent discounts over current fees. NetSuite, which is majority-owned by Oracle Corp (ORCL.O founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, is focusing the new marketing drive on pricing at […]

By Fang Yan and Helen Ding SHANGHAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Dell (DELL), the world’s second-biggest computer maker, expects to grow faster than the industry this year but its CEO added it is hard to say whether the global PC market will improve heading into the year-end. While slashing jobs, the company, which made nine […]

By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (EMC) forecast earnings for the current quarter at the low end of Wall Street expectations as the world’s top corporate storage equipment maker faced slower spending on information technology. But shares rose 7 percent on relief that the news wasn’t worse and also by stronger-than-expected […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Toshiba Corp is buying $1 billion worth of equipment from joint venture partner SanDisk Corp, shoring up the California-based firm as it faces an unwanted takeover bid from South Korean rival Samsung. SanDisk shares have halved in value this year in the face of a worldwide glut in chips, but analysts […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Despite turmoil in global markets, two-thirds of senior technology industry executives polled in a new survey say the economic slowdown will not hurt them as badly as the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000. However, more than three-quarters of respondents say their business has been impacted by the financial crisis, […]

By Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) is seeing some delays in corporate decision making, but is confident of a strong deal pipeline and expects to be less affected by the global financial crisis than its competitors, its chief executive said on Wednesday. "What we are […]

PC notebook shipment growth slackened off a bit in September, according to a new report by FBR Research based on the firm’s supply chain checks. The company said that the leading notebook makers reported September notebook shipments sprang back from a very weak August, but showed sequential monthly growth of 22.5 percent – softer than […]

By David Lawsky and Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Technology investors watching as Intel Corp (INTC) and other semiconductor makers report earnings this week have one question: How bad can it get? "People expect the worst," said Doug Freedman of American Technology Research in San Francisco, speaking of Intel earnings, which are […]

SEOUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world’s largest maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, said on Tuesday it was "adjusting" production amid sluggish demand for TV and monitor screens. The outlook for the LCD sector is bleak as the global downturn spreads, curtailing consumer appetite for pricey flat TVs […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company’s drooping stock has already taken any change into account. "I think it’s already factored into the stock. People have been expecting this announcement for well over a month," said Andy Hargreaves […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly one in five small U.S. businesses say they risk going out of business because of the worsening financial crisis, according to a survey from American Express Open.    The credit card issuer’s small business branch conducted the poll in October, reflecting the latest downturn in financial markets.   It found […]

Home and business networking products maker NetGear cut its third-quarter revenue outlook primarily due to shipment delays in September, sending its shares down as much as 24 percent. The Santa Clara, California-based company said it experienced weakness in demand for consumer products across all channels and in all geographies, particularly in the service provider channel. The […]